JORDI SAVALL – ISTANBUL

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ISTANBUL
Dimitrie Cantemir. Il Libro della Scienza della Musica

Jordi Savall, viola d’arco, lyra and conduction
Dimitri Psonis, santur
Pedro Estevan, percussions

The concert will take place in Ponchielli Theatre instead of Auditorium G.Arvedi
IAlba (Castellón / Berbero)Erotókritos – Danza bizantinaNastaran (Naghma instr.) – Tradizionale (Afghanistan)Azat astvatsn & Ter kedzo – Lamento armenoKoniali – Tradizionale turca e grecaIIEl Rey Nimrod – Tradizionale sefardita (Istanbul)La Quarte Estampie Royal – Anonimo (ca. 1300)Lamento di Tristano – Trecento ms. (Italia, XIII secolo)Der makām-ı Uzzäl Sakîl "Turna" Semâ’î – ms. D. Cantemir (324)IIIRotundellus (CSM 105) – Alfonso X il SaggioMenk kadj tohmi – Tradizionale armenaPaxarico tu te llamas – Tradizionale sefardita (Sarajevo)Der makām-ı Räst "Murass’a" uşūleş Düyek – ms. D. Cantemir (214)IVDer makām-ı Hüseynī Sakīl-i Ağa Rıżā – ms. D. Cantemir (89)Chahamezrab – Anonimo (Persia)Alagyeaz & Khnki tsar – Tradizionale armenaSaltarello – Trecento ms. (Italia, XIII secolo)
Across

The charismatic Jordi Savall leads us through a journey towards distant lands, showing how early music is alive and present as ever. Prince Dimitrie Cantemir lived in Istanbul between the 17th and 18th century, being a refined philosopher and writer, authour of the Book of Science of Music. The instrumental music of the late Ottoman empire are dialoguing with the Sephardic and Armenian oral traditions of those communities welcomed in Istanbul or Smirne, after their expulsion from Spain. A fascinating concert and dialogue among different cultures and religions, that can still teach us something today.